Railroad-tie.



C. 0, BENTON.

AILROAD TIE. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 11, 1908.

Patemted Jan. l 1909.

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UNLTED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

CARMI 0; BENTON, OF GRAINFIELD, KANSAS.

RAILROAD-TIEL- specification o; neteeraratent.'

Patented Jan.w19,-1909.. laos'.Y serial-Np. esmas'.

13e it known that I, CARMI BENTON, a c1t1z en oi the United States,residing at Gramfield,'in the county of Gove, State of Ka sas haveinvented certain new and useful mprovements in Railroadl'lies; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to whichit appertains tomake and use the Y has.' for one of its objects toimprove the construction and increase the efi'iclency and utility ofdevices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to pro'- duce a railway tie insections centrally united, `and with the sections movable to a "llmitedextent laterally, to provide for the automat-ic adjustment of the tiesat the curved ortions of the'road bed.

Anoter object of the invention is to produce -a tie comprising a centralimmovable member andend sections engaging the central member and movablelaterally to a limited extent.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the preferred embodiment of the invention,Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4'is a transverse section on the line4-4 of Fig. 1.

The improved device is formed in two rail supporting sections 10-11engagin end to end, and with a tubular member or s eeve 12,

the latter 'securedby the bolts 13 or suitable fastening means tothe""tie sections. The sections `10-11 do not fit the central sectionclosely, atthe sides as shown in Fig. 4 so that a limited amount ofmovement is permitted laterally, whereby the rail supporting seetionsare free to automatically adjust them-- selves under ,the strainsimparted to the rails at curves and thus prevent the unequal binding ofthe members. The tiesection 10 being secured in the. casing 12 by asingle bolt 13 and the tie section 11 being likewise secured in thecasing by a single bolt 13, swing slightly laterally upon these bolts,as will be obvious. The lower face of the tubular member is formed withribs 14 preferably crossing at right angles and spaced apart toAplication led June 11,'

define -a lurality of pockets or cavities 15,--

into whif the tamping material enters'and thus firmly beds the-centralmember -in theroad bed, and efectuall-y' prevents the and transverselyofthe road bed. The ribs also materially strengthen the tubular memer. r vThe rails represented at 16 are supported u on the tie sections 10-`11,by clamp p ates 17 secured to the tie sections by bolts 18, or othersuitable means. The outer clamp plates are relatively Wide, and bearagainst the outer surface of the rail, while the inner clamp plates arerelatively narrow and bear against thev correspondingly narrow portionof the rail, so that as the tie sections play back and forth to thelimited ex- Itent noted within the central tubular member, therelatively narrow inner clamp plates permit this slight lateral movementwithout producing cramping eifect between the rails f/ and tie sections.

1. A railway tie comprising a central tu-A bular member ada ted to beimmovably embedded in the roa bed, and two tie sections engaging end toend wi 4Lhin said tubular member and movable laterally therein/to alimited extent.

2. A railway tie comprising a central -tubular member adapted to beimmovably embedded in the road bed, two tie sectionsengaging end to endwithin said tubular member and movable laterally therein to a limitedextent, and means for securing said tie sections from movementlongitudinally of the tubular member.

3. A railway tie com rising a central tubular member having r1 s spacedapart' and crossing at right angles upon the lower face and ada ted tobe immovably embedded in ber and movable laterally therein to a limitedextent, and means for clamping the fails to said tie sections. 4

5. A railway tie comprising a central tubular nlen'lbeli1 adapted to beimmovably embedded in the road bed, two tie sections engaging end to endwithin said tubular member and movable laterally therein' to a limitedextent, means for securing said tie sections from movementlongitudinally of the tubular member, and means for clamping the rails.to said tie sections.

6. A railway tie comprising a central tubular member adapted to beimmovably embedded n the road bed, two tie sections engagng end to endwithin said tubular membei` and movable laterally therein to a lmit edextent, 'elatvely wide rail braces secured to the tie sections and.adapted te bear against the outer faces of the fails, and Telativelynarrow rail lnaces secured to the tie sections and adapted tobear-against themner faces of the rails.

ln testimony whereof, l ax my signature, in presence of. two witnesses.

CARMI 0. BENTON. Witnesses E. L. FmoE, BRUCE Rael.

